Luck "E" Penny's Hitchhiker's Guide to Elongated Coins
Kansas
Kansas Turnpike | I70 Service Area | Topeka
Kansas Turnpike Service Area
Hardee's Restaurant
Located in the center service island - the
first service island east of Topeka between milepost markers 182 and 183.
Manufacturer: Eurolink
Machine Description: Oak cabinet, plexiglas window in front at about child's eye level, dry gears inside.
Cost to Roll Coin: 50-cents
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
One design: (H) [Covered Wagon and an Oxen, dot border] "HOME ON THE RANGE, KANSAS"
Interstate 70 Service Area
Stuckey's/DairyQueen/Texaco
Paxico, KS - Vera Road exit (338) off of I70 about 30 miles west of Topeka
Manufacturer: Eurolink
Machine Description: Oak cabinet, plexiglas window in front at about child's eye level, well-grease gears inside and sticky discharge slot (pressed coins can get stuck inside the machine after they have dropped out of the dies.)
Cost to Roll Coin: 50-cents
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
One design: (H) [Buffalo, dot border] "PAXICO, KANSAS"
Topeka
Kansas Museum of History
6425 SW Sixth Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615
785-272-8681
Wanamaker exit (356) off I70 just west of Topeka
Manufacturer: Eurolink
Machine Description: Electric, oak cabinet, plexiglas window in front at about child's eye level, well-greased gears inside.
Cost to Roll Coin: 50-cents
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
One design: (V) [Indian on horseback alongside running buffalo, dot border] "KANSAS MUSEUM OF HISTORY"
Topeka Zoo
635 SW Gage Boulevard, Topeka, KS 66606
785-272-5821
Gage Blvd exit (353B) off I70 just west of Topeka
Machine #1:
Located in Ape House interior lobby area
Manufacturer: Engravings by Uncommon Cents
Machine Description: Hand-crank, plexiglas and laminated partcileboard cabinet, plexiglas window in front and on top.
Cost to Roll Coin: 50-cents
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Four designs:
(V) [Giraffe, rope border], (H) [Vulture, rope border], (V) [Gorilla, rope border], (V) [Lion, rope border]. Legend on all four is "TOPEKA ZOO"
Machine #2:
Just inside the entrance of the Animals and Man building.
Manufacturer: Engravings by Uncommon Cents
Machine Description: Hand-crank, plexiglas and laminated partcileboard cabinet, plexiglas window in front and on top.
Cost to Roll Coin: 50-cents
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Four designs:
(V) [Rattlesnake, rope border], (V) [Bear, rope border], (H) [Kangaroo, rope border], (V) [Elephant, rope border]. Legend on all four is "TOPEKA ZOO" .
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